Speech production developmental milestone delay is common in many children who were born prematurely, as well as many with given DSM diagnoses. Achievement of speech-production milestones is critical for proper development of all other developmental milestones across all pediatric domains, which include fine motor, adaptive, gross motor, social-emotional, and cognitive delays.

Speech development milestones are a set of benchmarks that represent critically important steps forward in a child’s life. These milestones reflect how a child’s brain develops and include hearing, speaking, thinking, learning, exploring, and problem-solving skills. When the child entrusted to your care accomplishes a milestone within a timely manner, it’s an adequate indicator that they’re progressing and developing at a good pace.

Speech development is essential to a child’s growth and overall learning. When a child has healthy speech production development early on, they’re more likely to succeed later in life. Educators and families play an important role in fostering a child’s communication skills through incorporating developmentally appropriate activities, tracking key milestones, and acting early if there are any concerns.

Speech language pathologists play a critical role in fostering a child’s cognitive skills through incorporating developmentally appropriate activities, tracking key milestones, and acting early if there are any concerns. This primer is a MUST READ for all early intervention and pre-school speech language pathologists who service the professional needs of the  infant, toddler, and child with developmental speech delay.

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This program is offered for 0.40 ASHA CEU's (Level:  Various    Content:   Professional)

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Disclosure: Kristen O’Leary, SLP, has the following relevant financial relationships to disclose: she receives monetary compensation for the preparation of this course, in addition to a percentage of company sales, and has the following relevant non-financial relationships to disclose: EITTOC Board of Directors: volunteer member.Disclosure: David C Saidoff PT - course developer/presenter - has the following relevant financial relationships to disclose: he receives monetary compensation for the preparation of this course, in addition to a percentage of company sales, and has the following relevant non-financial relationships to disclose: EITTOC Board of Directors: volunteer member. Melissa Whelan, OTR - course developer/presenter -  has the following relevant financial relationships to disclose: she receives monetary compensation for the preparation of this course, in addition to a percentage of company sales, and has the following relevant non-financial relationships to disclose: EITTOC Board of Directors: volunteer member. Declaration: Approval of this course does not necessarily imply that any of the governing bodies (e.g., West Virginian Board of Physical Therapy, or other such governmental or NGO’s supports the views of the presenter or sponsor. Information provided should be used within the scope of practice. No relevant financial or non-financial relationships exists between EITTOC or the products discussed any course; no such relationship or endorsement exists for any products mentioned in any courses sponsored by EITTOC, or in any of the items (such as specific AED or Epinephrine injection product) or any testing instrument used to evaluate children; the above course is specific to said-topic, and may not be extrapolated to any other course or topic outside the scope of this course. Course instructor(s) have no other financial or non-financial remuneration - whether prior to or following course delivery; the above advertisement is made available to all physical therapy (and other) licensee on a non-discriminatory basis. Ascend has approved this course and may be contacted about any concerns. Information provided should be used within scope of practice. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures. The onus of responsibility for this course – granted contact hours by the AOTA – is for each OT professional to check with their State board of OT to see if this course meets licensure requirement for continuing education.